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Brewer's: Lizard Point
(Cornwall). A corruption of “Lazars' Point,” i.e. the place of retirement for lazars or lepers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lloyd'sLizard Islands A B…Brewer's: Lacedaemonians
(The). The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. So called because in 1777 their colonel made a long harangue, under heavy fire, on the Spartan discipline and military system. (See…Brewer's: Red Feathers
(The). The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. They cut to pieces General Wayne's brigade in the American War, and the Americans vowed to give them no quarter. So they mounted red feathers…Brewer's: Squab Pie
Pie made of squabs—i.e. young pigeons; also a pie made of mutton, apples, and onions. Cornwall squab-pie, and Devon white-pot brings. And Leicester beans and bacon, fit for kings. King:…Brewer's: St. Michael's Chair
The projecting stone lantern of a tower erected on St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. It is said that the rock received its name from a religious house built to commemorate the apparition of…Brewer's: Stannary Courts
Courts of record in Cornwall and Devon for the administration of justice among the tinners. (Latin, stannum, tin.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StarStank…Brewer's: Tintagel
or Tintagil. A strong castle on the coast of Cornwall, the reputed birth-place of King Arthur. “When Uthur in Tintagil passed away.” Tennyson: The Coming of Arthur Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Tregeagle
To roar like Tregeagle—very loudly. Tregeagle is the giant of Dosmary Pool, on Bodmin Downs (Cornwall), whose allotted task is to bale out the water with a limpet-shell. When the wintry…Brewer's: Trevethy Stone
St. Clear, Cornwall. A cromlech. Trevédi, in British, means a place of graves. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tria Juncta in UnoTreves A B C D E F G…Brewer's: U'ter
Pendragon (chief) of the Britons; by an adulterous amour with Igerna (wife of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall) he became the father of Arthur, who succeeded him as king of the Silures. Source…Trending
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